The two teams, who entered the camp in Antalya during the 2022 FIFA World Cup, came face to face at the Mardan Stadium.
The yellow-red team competed with Jankat Yılmaz, Leo Dubois, Metehan Baltacı, Emin Bayram, Kazımcan Karataş, Baran Aksaka, Juan Mata, Barış Alper Yılmaz, Yusuf Demir, Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Bafetimbi Gomis with 11 of them.
In the second half, Fredrik Mitdsjö, Baran Demiroğlu, Patrick van Aanholt, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Sacha Boey, Efe Akman, Beknaz Almazbekov, Caner Doğan and Ali Yeşilyurt joined the game. Yusuf Demir, who scored 2 goals with only goalkeeper Jankat in Galatasaray, remained on the field for 90 minutes.
Adana representative started the match with Ertaç Özbir, Jonas Svensson, Jovan Manev, Semih Güler, Kevin Rodrigues, Badou Ndiaye, Benjamin Stambouli, David Akintola, Henry Onyekuru, Emre Akbaba and Fredrik Gulbrandsen. In the second half of the match, İsmail ÇokÇalış, Gökhan İnler, Erhun Öztürk, Birkir Bjarnasson, Younes Belhanda, Abdurrahim Dursun, Mahamadou Ba and Berk Yıldız played.
In the 13th minute of the match, the blue-dark blue team took the lead 1-0 with a stylish goal by Gulbrandsen. While both teams were finding positions in the following section, they could not score the goal that would change the score, and the Adana representative entered the halftime period with the superiority.
Galatasaray, who entered the second half fast, brought the score to balance with Yusuf Demir’s goal scored from inside the penalty area arc in the 50th minute. Adana Demirspor, who could not take advantage of the clear opportunities with Onyekuru, took the lead once again with Gulbrandsen’s goal in the 60th minute. Galatasaray, who scored again with Yusuf in the 75th minute of the match, again equalized in the score.
Galatasaray, where many young players had a chance, could not find the goal despite the pressure it put on in the last moments. The match ended in a 2-2 draw.
The match between the two teams in the Super League this season ended in a 0-0 draw.
GALATASARAY DID NOT WIN THE THIRD MATCH, ALSO
The yellow-red team could not win in the third friendly match between the World Cup.
Playing the first 2 preparation matches in Istanbul, Galatasaray played its first match in Antalya camp against Adana Demirspor. Losing 1-0 to Rayo Vallecano, one of the Spanish teams, and 4-3 to Villareal in Istanbul, the yellow-red team drew 2-2 with the blue-dark blue team.
YUSUF DEMIR MEETS THE GOAL
Yusuf Demir, transferred by Galatasaray at the beginning of the season, scored for the first time in a yellow-red jersey.
The young offensive player, who joined the squad of Austria’s Rapid Wien team, took part in 2 Super League, 1 Ziraat Turkish Cup and 2 friendly matches in Galatasaray before.
Coming to the third preparatory match with a yellow-red jersey, Yusuf scored the first goal of his career in Galatasaray with the goal he scored in the 50th minute. The 19-year-old football player, who found another goal in the 75th minute of the match, brought his team a draw.
PRESIDENT DURSUN IS IN UZBEK TRIBUNE
Galatasaray Club President Dursun Özbek watched the match from the stands.
President Özbek, who came to the camp in Belek, was accompanied by his wife Mesude Özbek and the second president Metin Öztürk.
In addition, VavaCars Fatih Karagümrük Technical Director Andrea Pirlo and former Galatasaray goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis, the sporting director of Italy’s Salernitana team, also took part in the stands.
HERE’S THE SUMMARY OF THE MATCH